Conservation News

A two year rural development and joint conservation pilot scheme, in Camdeboo, Mountain Zebra and the West Coast National Park, South Africa, have seen major potential benefits for rural communities as well as continued gains for conservation.

When we first saw Soda Pop her situation looked hopeless. The most succinct word to describe the little merino lamb before us was ‘ragdoll’. For that was how she lay and that was how her body fell when we picked her up.

Following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which hit Nepal this April, Humane Society International’s veterinary relief team have been working tirelessly to help save the lives of thousands of livestock and improve the prospects of farmers in the mountainous Himalayan region.

Emotions were high as a team of veterinarians and elephant keepers from Wildlife SOS, Humane Society International’s (HSI) Indian project partners, combined with Forest Department staff and police in the daring rescue of Raju, a 50 year old elephant who has lived his entire life in chains.

32 Norfolk Island Green Parrot chicks have successfully fledged from seven purpose built nest sites which were established in 2013. ‘This is such a promising result considering the population in October 2013 was estimated at 46-92 individual birds’, highlighted the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife Australia (FNPW).

Health/Education News

Sri Lanka being a tropical island located in the Indian Ocean, has been home to a varied number of animals and plants for millions of years. In fact Sri Lanka is a bio-diversity hotspot. But, over the past 200 years...